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Youth Voice NT Internship
Youth Voice NT has partnered with Refuel Creative to offer a digital marketing internship to a young person in the Northern Territory as part of our project. The internship is open to students between the ages of 18 and 25 years old who are studying or have studied at...
MEDIA RELEASE: NTCOSS Cost of Living Report No. 30
Deep Digital Divide in the NT In its 30th Cost of Living Report released today, the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) highlights that as more and more services move online, many Territorians are struggling to afford their telecommunications. Report...
Deborah Di Natale speaks to Mix 104.9 about Territorian eligibility for Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments
Intro: The NT Council of Social Services has welcomed the fact that Territorians are now eligible for the federal government’s Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment. On Friday, the lump payment of $1500 was made available for eligible Territorians who have been...
COSS Directors call for national action to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Today the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS), New South Wales Council of Social Service (NCOSS), Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS), South...
MEDIA RELEASE: NTCOSS CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION
WEDNESDAY 5th MAY NTCOSS CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) today condemned the NT Government’s decision to rush through its dangerous, ineffective, costly youth justice reforms. NTCOSS CEO Deborah...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to the ABC’s Jo Laverty and Adam Steer about the NT Budget
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to the ABC's Jo Laverty and Adam Steer this morning about the NT Budget which failed to deliver significant initiatives or leadership that will make inroads into the Territory’s poverty or disadvantage. This was the Budget to...
MEDIA RELEASE: NO BUDGET FOR THOSE IN NEED – Northern Territory Council of Social Service response to the 2021/22 NT Budget
NO BUDGET FOR THOSE IN NEED Northern Territory Council of Social Service response to the 2021/22 NT Budget The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) said today’s NT Budget presents a worrying erosion of funding to already stretched services across the...
NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale speaks to the ABCs Adam Steer and Jo Laverty about just some of what the community and not-for-profit sector will be looking for out of the Budget.
As we head into the NT Budget, the Aboriginal Justice Agreement needs to be properly funded. NTCOSS CEO Deborah Di Natale spoke to the ABCs Adam Steer and Jo Laverty about just some of what the community and not-for-profit sector will be looking for out of the Budget....
MEDIA RELEASE: Launch of NTcommunity web directory
Launch of NTCOSS’ NTcommunity Web Directory The Territory Government in partnership with the Northern Territory Council of Social Services (NTCOSS) and Refuel Creative have delivered a new one-stop-shop website which will assist over 1,600 Territorians visiting the...
We need the AJA not ACA – Deborah Di Natale and David Woodroffe in the NT NEWS 28 March
DEBORAH DI NATALE & DAVID WOODROFFE - Editorial in the NT NEWS - 28 March FACTS and evidence-based policy are always the first casualty of emotion, outrage, and sensationalist media. But the damage done by the NT government’s new ‘youth crime’ measures is almost...